Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 467

June 25, 20024 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota; 19 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 25, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota; 19 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Hutchinson35 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme23 min
Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme31 min
Jun 25, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle28 min
Jun 25, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme29 min

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 21 more6 hr
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 6 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.